There are people who believe whatever is going on in Europe pre-dates the same occurrences in the U.S. by 3 or 4 months. Some very strange things are afoot in Europe and I'd not wish to see them unfold in America. But I do expect they will. Let's consider Europe's ongoing energy supply problem. Germany, joined by the UK, Spain and Switzerland, is in the midst of severe energy supply complications that, in reality, have little or nothing to do with actual, physical supplies. In short, Germany's energy supply problem has its roots in politics.
According to a report released last week, there's a 20% gap between Germany's production of electricity and existing consumption thereof. At the research time of the report, which couldn't have been that long ago, it was forecast Germany would see that gap widen to 40% by the end of 2021. The rocket scientists of the country's Green Party have, not unlike many Democrat states here, passed energy legislation disguised as environmental regulation.
There has been a push, in recent years, to shut down coal and nuclear facilities across Germany. The problem with this 'do-gooder' proposition is that coal and nuclear service approximately two-thirds of Germany's power demand. Shutting down these avenues of supply has been and will further become horrific for consumers. The Green Party globalist geniuses who authored legislation intentionally designed to close 66% of the nation's power supply suggest buying power from Poland. How does Poland generate electricity? You guessed it: coal and nuclear. But the real problem - as ever - will be presented to the people if this year brings a very cold winter. Buying power from Poland, or any of its neighbors, might not even be an option for Germany. Finally, there's always natural gas, right? Not this time. There's talk of shutting down the Nordstream II pipeline from Russia. And the civic reckless malfeasance which created Germany's energy problem is behind an unfolding plan to level equally devastating consequences to the farm sector.
Known as the 30-4-30 program, the plan seeks to return farmland to the government for conservation purposes. The U.S. runs similar programs. There's a sameness between programs and, even more broadly, the agenda they're intended to serve. Akin to the U.S., European regulatory requirements for the production of any 'real' commodity has, over the past decade in particular, skyrocketed. There's nothing more effective in discouraging participation in a given industry or sector than increasing the cost to do so. One of the costs of farming over the course of one's life is the tax exposure on the appreciation of the land. That's a huge disincentive to the continuation of farming here. Families sell out to developers, pay the tax and get out from under. Otherwise, they're looking at the costs associated with the 'death tax' which, in many cases, makes retaining the farm impossible.
In addition to disincentivizing the production of energy, power and agriculture, the U.S. government - through taxation and regulation - has engaged in suppressing domestic productivity of virtually any type for years. Real regulatory creep in the U.S. probably started in the 1970s, using the currency crisis as an excuse to intrude and interfere in lives and markets everywhere. The plandemic of 2020/21 marked something of a shift in tactic, however.
Now, it's not as if government shifted focus in its efforts to oppress society's producers. It just upped its game. Small businesses throughout the country were shut down in early-2020 and, in spite of the return to normal in most places this year, most of those retailers will not be returning. The number of small- and mid-sized enterprises that have been lost thus far in the fake sham of a pandemic is inestimable. So, it seems that nipping at the heart of small- and mid-sized producers of real goods (i.e.: farmers, steel-makers, fertilizer producers, etc.) wasn't enough to dampen the American entrepreneurial spirit, an economic shutdown was required. And as all those small- to mid-sized businesses close up shop, so to speak, what will happen to the real estate that's left vacant? The U.S. could find itself experiencing an 'Evergrande moment.' The point is there's a global movement to disincentivize the production of virtually any and every thing. You might wonder why.
We, as world citizens that is, find ourselves in the midst of a globalist coup d'etat. 'Sleeper cells' of political leftists hidden within the ranks of otherwise ordinary educators, health professionals, lawyers, and journalists, are coming to the fore. It's as if someone activated them to disclose their true, criminal communist leanings. Some of the results have been surprising. That notwithstanding, the coup is about increasing people's dependence on government. With greater dependence on government, there is greater government control. And this is all about control. Control of the people, control of the governments, control of the banking and financial sector, and control of production, though it appears the means thereof will be left to globalist-loyal corporations. This is truly modern-day fascism. Most people here, who are aware of the ongoing coup, complain of the lack of coverage by the mainstream. They don't understand the purpose of mainstream media.
I'll suggest the MSM is designed to present an alternate reality. It has to do that because if the people became fully aware of the ways in which, and the number of times, they'd been lied to by the MSM regarding government and everything else, the MSM would be put out of business overnight. The MSM isn't just about lying to its ever shrinking audience. It's about keeping the narrative alive; damn the truth. As Joe Biden once said at one of his eight-person campaign rallies, "We want truth. We don't want facts." In the MSM's alternate reality, lies are endlessly repeated because, as Lenin noted, a lie repeated often enough becomes truth. This is important to consider as, next year, the U.S. will be altering the make-up of the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
So, while Americans will be paying $11,000 for a crappy used car and $6.00 or $7.00 for the gallon of gas to make it run, the MSM will be selling them a bill of goods about how inflation isn't a problem. They will know this because the newly revamped inflation index will have told them so. There's something more than misinformation going on here. This sort of gaslighting is designed to sow uncertainty. The more uncertainty, the better the odds for an increase in calls for government help. And with more government 'help,' there is always more government control.
It wasn't enough to basically shut down the global economy for the better part of 2020, it has since become essential to inspire still more uncertainty - which is more properly termed 'fear' - over the outlook so as to impact the value of global currencies vis-a-vis the U.S. dollar - which, at its core, is suffering the consequences of over-production. The Federal Reserve will jerk the economy around with talk of its impending rate hikes which, when enacted, will have long ago been factored in. There can be inflationary depressions, you know. Venezuela and Turkey are in the midst of their own right now.
The definition of inflation is too much money chasing too few goods. The nefarious forces masquerading as political leaders who've allowed U.S. consumer and producer supplies of all manner, sit outside West Coast ports for interminable periods, have been complicit in what I'll call 'spot' inflation. That's when there are temporary, but substantial, price increases. We only have those within sectors, chip prices for instance, while the larger economy continues to inflate unabated. Supply chain issues in the U.S. are, akin to Germany's unfolding power shortages, the result of political engineering disguised as environmentally friendly laws and regulations. This means the authors of the sort of legislation, the kind actually designed and intended to reduce domestic productivity, span the continents with a shared agenda/ideology; further evidence of the global nature of the conflicts unfolding between governments and their populations.
The EU Commission is very well committed to its equivalent of America's Green New Deal. The problem is that the EU population hates it. In a recent referendum on going to net-zero carbon in Switzerland, the proposition was soundly rejected by voters. Successful climate change referendum are simply another means to punish and eventually prohibit productivity.
I don't know if events currently unfolding in Europe will reach the U.S. in another few months. The two continents bear a striking resemblance in terms of legislation and immigration though Europe was invaded initially in 2015 while the U.S. was to a lesser extent. The real invasion of the U.S. is currently ongoing.
It's worth mentioning that, during WWII, Patton's Third Army had about 200,000 troops. They stormed northern France, taking the beach at Normandy. The U.S. now has the equivalent of Patton's Third Army crossing its southern border each and every month. We're on pace to have another 2.0 million living here this year. Two million who'll be willing to work for less than American workers; 2 million more who'll need 'government' resources to subsist; another 2 million who'll be able to sway votes when the next election comes. It's impossible to guess how many we'll have by the time of the 2022 election. It could be on pace to double to 4 million.
Presumably, since there has been no vetting of illegal aliens, those who won't be horning in on Americans' jobs will, instead, turn to lives of crime. That's happening on a large scale already. And it's happening overwhelmingly in areas in which police departments have been defunded thanks to radical city and county leaders. They're starting to walk back that decision, however, as people vote with their feet and leave places in which their day-to-day security has become a concern. Certain urban landscapes in the Pacific Northwest and along the West Coast look like refugee camps. Businesses have left the States of Oregon and Washington in droves as criminal left policies have given free rein to the crooks, turning once great American landscapes into fetid slums.
In Chicago, it's now possible to steal $450 without consequence. That's right. Cook County will not prosecute for crimes of not more than $450. In California, a person gets up to $950. 'free.' One shop owner marked everything in his store at $951. so the price of all his goods exceeded the state's minimum required for prosecution. This sort of environment is hardly conducive to business.
The world confronts an establishment system - an oligarchy, I suppose - dedicated to the extinction of productivity, capital creation and entrepreneurial development as those activities interfere with its efforts to exert control. As you know, China initiated a campaign against businesses this year, putting many out of work completely while others down-sized after their chairpersons were carted off to prison. In a lot of ways, the Biden regime is doing the same thing here. The regime is demanding vaccine mandates be implemented through corporations while corporations are feeling the economic impacts of souring public opinion amid workers' protestations.
Overall, the U.S. economy is a mess under Biden and it's not simply because of the regime's repeated and overt interference in the private sector regarding the plandemic. Taxes will be ascending in 2022 while spending will continue to exceed whatever government takes into its coffers. The Democrats need to appear as if they're winning on something, so they're trying to paint Russia as the enemy in a non-conflict over Ukraine. Russia just wants to secure its western border. The Biden regime wants to make it about the evil Vlad Putin because that could, in some way, help continue to spin the long-discredited and now increasingly litigated "Russia Collusion" narrative. Geez ... after reading this, you're probably hoping events from the U.S. don't make their way to Europe!
Markets will grow thinner in terms of participation, as the week wears on. Liquidity issues could contribute to the existing problem of pervasive uncertainty.
It's all aggravating and confusing, irritating and frightening, but we're truly living in historic times. I think the sellout of America will not be allowed to continue to the 'takeover' phase; the point at which the population is largely subdued. In the meantime, the powers in charge will continue to fight against populist forces. Those are my thoughts as Christmas approaches. I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.